Overview

• Owens says Trump personally called in February after Macron’s White House visit to urge her to drop the gender conspiracy, a conversation the White House refuses to confirm.
• French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron filed a 219-page, 22-count defamation suit in Delaware on July 23 accusing Owens of actual malice in spreading demonstrably false claims.
• The pundit accepted a $300,000 charity bet from Piers Morgan to prove her theory that Brigitte Macron was born male, highlighting her refusal to abandon the story.
• Owens acknowledges partial compliance with the reported request to dial back her reporting but insists she will not fully withdraw her allegations.
• The coming discovery phase will test U.S. actual malice standards and could redefine legal boundaries for cross-border defamation and combating misinformation.